New Delhi: Security has been beefed up at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after the IGI police station in Delhi acquired an e-mail threatening a potential bomb blast on the airport by the terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda.
The IGI Airport in an official assertion stated, “On Saturday, IGI police station informed Airline Operations Control Center (AOCC) at the airport about a bomb threat e-mail received with the subject of planned bomb blast by Al Qaeda Sargana at IGI airport stating that Karanbir Suri alias Mohamad Jalal and Karanbir Suri’s wife Shaily Sharda alias Haseena are coming to India on Sunday from Singapore and plan to put the Bomb on IGI in 1-3 days.”
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As per the official assertion, after investigation, the risk was discovered “non-specific” and Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) was terminated from the airport. However, all involved companies have been knowledgeable and responsibility personnel have additionally been placed on excessive alert on the IGI airport as per the usual working process.
According to ANI report, the anti-sabotage verify was carried in any respect terminals of IGI Airport, entry management, automobile checking at entry nakas and patrolling of the AOR have been intensified. BTAC was additionally convened.
An identical risk message was acquired within the current previous with the identical names of the couple and on the same language of the risk. Taking a notice of repeated risk, the Delhi police has been requested to probe the risk messages.
It should be famous that the incident got here hours after Mumbai Police Control Room acquired a cellphone name on Friday night time threatening that bombs have been positioned at 4 areas throughout Mumbai, together with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Byculla Station, Dadar Station and residence of actor Amitabh Bachchan.
After search and probe, it was discovered to be a hoax name nonetheless, heavy police deployment has been put in place in any respect the talked about location.Â
